Friday, February 12, 1999
Conte Forum (Boston, Mass.)
ECAC WOMEN LEAGUE GAME
 
Maine Lady Black Bears (11-13-1, 5-13-1 ECAC)    3 - 2 - 1 -- 6
Boston College Eagles (7-16-2, 3-14-2 ECAC)      1 - 0 - 1 -- 2
 
        SHOTS-ON-GOAL     PEN-MIN  PPG-PP
ME - 13 - 11 - 13 -- 37    8 - 16   2 - 6
BC - 14 - 14 - 10 -- 38    9 - 18   0 - 6
 
FIRST PERIOD:
Scoring-
ME-1 03:00 PP Kelly Nelson (Jill Marks)
ME-2 05:57 Kira Misikowetz (Kelly Nelson)
BC-1 09:11 Genevieve Missirlian (Jennifer Buckley, Missy Barsz)
ME-3 11:53 Esther Granville (Lee Anne Irwin, Abbie Howell)
Penalties-
 ME 00:09 Kira Misikowetz  (2 - Checking)
 BC 02:16 Erin MaGee  (2 - Holding the Stick)
 ME 06:30 Kira Misikowetz  (2 - Holding)
 ME 14:49 Abbie Howell  (2 - Cross-Checking)
 
SECOND PERIOD:
Scoring-
ME-4 01:43 Colleen Baude (Kira Misikowetz, Raffi Wolf)
ME-5 17:32 Raffi Wolf (Kira Misikowetz)
Penalties-
 BC 08:53 Heather Lombardo  (2 - Roughing)
 ME 08:53 Andrea Keller  (2 - Cross-Checking)
 BC 09:26 Erin MaGee  (2 - High-Sticking)
 ME 09:26 Raffi Wolf  (2 - High-Sticking)
 ME 09:48 Colleen Baude  (2 - Slashing)
 
THIRD PERIOD:
Scoring-
BC-2 10:45 SH Gena Nolin (Sharon Vantuyl)
ME-6 13:49 PP Raffi Wolf (Colleen Baude)
Penalties-
 ME 03:26 Esther Granville  (2 - Interference)
 BC 04:52 Amber Bobin  (2 - Elbowing)
 ME 07:46 Esther Granville  (2 - Interference)
 BC 09:07 Amber Bobin  (2 - Interference)
 BC 11:52 Michelle Snyder  (2 - Roughing)
 BC 13:26 Genevieve Missirlian  (2 - Tripping)
 BC 17:09 Genevieve Missirlian  (2 - Hitting from Behind)
 BC 17:09 Missy Barsz  (2 - Too Many Players)
 
GOALTENDING SUMMARY:
       Goaltender (Min Played)        Saves By Period (Goals Allowed)
ME- Amanda Cronin (60:00)            13 - 14 -  9 -- 36 (2 GA)
BC- Christy Nentwig (37:32)          10 -  7 -  x -- 17 (5 GA)
    Sharon Vantuyl (22:28)            x -  2 - 12 -- 14 (1 GA)
Attendance: 57
Referees:  Wayne Silva, Steve Walsh
 
COMMENTS:
 
Maine earns its an important win Friday night in Boston, 6-2 over the
Eagles.  There are two things very striking, and very important for Maine.
1.  Amanda Cronin looks like she was stellar in net.  I did not see the
game, but 36 saves and only 2 goals allowed looks key.  Maine was actually
outshot for the game 38-37, but goaltending was the difference.
2.  Maine builds a 3-1 lead in the first period, without a SINGLE POINT
from Raffi Wolf.  Wolf has carried Maine in recent games and for Maine to
build a strong first period lead was crucial for its confidence, but to do
it without Wolf scoring is more impressive.
 
Raffi ends up with 2 goals and 1 assist for 3 points on the game. The ECAC
Rookie-of-the Year candidate extended her league-leading goals total to 28,
3 goals ahead of Tammy Shewchuk from Harvard.
 
Maine also stayed alive for the final ECAC playoff berth.  Cornell's 3-2
loss to Princeton and Maine's win moved the Black Bears to within 9 points
of the final spot with 7 games remaining.  It will be very, very difficult
for the Black Bears to make this happen, but they do get Cornell twice at
home later this month.  Maine is 3 points behind St. Lawrence for the 9th
position -- the ECAC coaches picked Maine to finish in 13th place at the
start of the season.
 
Maine and BC play Saturday afternoon at 3 with Maine going for it's second
league sweep of the year.
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Deron Treadwell - [log in to unmask]
 
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that wears you out."    - Anton Chekhov
 
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